From Wikipedia: a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. It was the first children's literary award in the world.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Newbery Medal
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John Newbery
The John Newbery Memorial Plaque John Newbery, 1713 - 1767, benevolent bookse...
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Brady Settlement
From the picture source website: The Brady Boys' Club was the first Jewish boys' club in Great Britain and it was founded in 1896 by Lady Charlotte Rothschild, Mrs Arthur Franklin and Mrs N S Josep...
Alfred Bestall
Author and illustrator. Born Alfred Edmeades Bestall in Mandalay, Burma. He served in the army during WW1, transporting troops in red double-decker buses. Following his studies at the L.C.C. Centra...
Ernest Hopkins
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 12. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Children's Society
Founded by Edward Rudolf as the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays. In 1946 the name was changed to the Church of England Children's Society. The first hom...
Christopher David Pullen
Christopher Pullen, aged 12, died in Southdown House when a heavy steel fire door, lying off its hinges, propped up in the stairwell of a block of flats, fell on him causing fatal injuries. The doo...
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Felix Dearden
Felix Sara Felicity Dearden was born on 11 January 1955, a daughter of Norman Peter Dearden (1924-2002) and Joan Kingston Dearden née Richardson (1920-2010). Her birth was registered in the Stockpo...
Michele Beale
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Born as Michele Duberry on 27 June 1964, her birth was registered in the Romford, Essex, registration dist...
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